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A Thanksgiving Sampler
Steyn Online ^ | 23 Nov 2017 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 11/23/2017 11:12:51 AM PST by Rummyfan

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers. Here are a few Thanksgiving thoughts from me over the years. First, from on the radio with Hugh Hewitt exactly a decade ago:

HUGH HEWITT: "Thanksgiving," you write, "excepting the premature and somewhat undernourished Canadian version, is unique to America." You write that Europeans really just don't get this.

MARK STEYN: No, it's very strange that Europeans don't quite understand what the Thanksgiving holiday is all about. You know, holidays in countries tend to be ancient religious holidays, obviously Christmas and Easter, or ones named for battles, or dead kings or queens, or whatever. And what I like about Thanksgiving is it's very small scale, very modest, very intimate, very American, and absolutely gets to the key of things, which is thanking God for the blessings of this great land. And it's my favorite holiday, and I love it more each year I'm here.

HH: Listen to this.[MUSIC]

We know we belong to the land!
And the land we belong to is grand!

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KEYWORDS: steyn; thanksgiving

1 posted on 11/23/2017 11:12:51 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
The turkey came from Mexico, but was generally assumed to be a "bird of India" (in French, dinde) everywhere except Britain, where it was named after Turkey because it was similar to a pre-existing bird introduced from Turkey but actually from Guinea, and subsequently re-named the guinea fowl, which was thought to be less confusing than re-naming the new turkey the mexico, though in America there is a sub-species of turkey called the mexicana.

I love it.

2 posted on 11/23/2017 11:35:38 AM PST by TChad
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To: Rummyfan
Mark Steyn's fund of knowledge and writing style always amaze me.

And please note Hugh Hewitt haters. Huge brought Mark Steyn to our attention. We wouldn't have access to his insights and wisdom without Hugh Hewitt.
3 posted on 11/23/2017 11:40:11 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: righttackle44

In at #3 to say I love this guy.


4 posted on 11/23/2017 3:38:04 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
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To: righttackle44

Oops, #4. Love that Mark Steyn.


5 posted on 11/23/2017 3:38:50 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Stone cold sober, as a matter of fact.)
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